Doctors and pharmacists often portray generic drugs as a great deal.
They say that you’re getting the same medicine as the brand-name products, but far cheaper.
The FDA is on board, too.
Even though almost all generic drugs are made in India and China, the agency says it holds foreign plants to the same standards as U.S. drug makers.
Katherine Eban says that’s simply not true.… Read More
Many of us don’t go a day without popping ibuprofen or acetaminophen. One study found that the average adult takes 373 over-the-counter pain pills a year.[1]
But if so many people take them, and you can buy them without a prescription, they must be safe… Right?
Not exactly.
A major study warns that these drugs have strange and frightening psychological side effects—ones that most people don’t know about.… Read More
Hearing loss is an epidemic in the U.S. And it’s not just among the elderly.
About 15% of Americans over the age of 20 have hearing impairment. Men are twice as likely as women to have the problem. By age 60, almost a quarter of Americans have significant hearing loss.[1]
The new study provides one reason why…the heavy, widespread use of over-the-counter pain relievers.… Read More